Bohdan Ihor Antonych
Bohdan-Ihor Vasyliovych Antonych (Ukrainian: Богдан-Ігор Васильович Антонич; 5 October 1909 – 6 July 1937) was a 20th-century Ukrainian poet.
In 1934 Antonych received third prize honours from the Ivan Franko Society of Writers and Journalists for his work Three Signet Rings.
Bohdan Ihor Antonych Богдан-Ігор Антонич | |
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 Antonych in the 1930s | |
| Born | October 5, 1909 Nowica, Galicia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 6 June 1937 (aged 27) Lviv, Poland |
| Occupation | poet, writer, translator, literary critic |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Citizenship | Austria-Hungary West Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian People's Republic Poland |
| Alma mater | Lviv University |
| Period | 1931 37 |
| Parents | Vasyl Antonych (father) |
Biography
Antonych was born and raised in the Lemko village of Nowica where his father, Vasyl, was a parish priest. In 1928 Antonych left Nowica to study at Lviv University, where he remained until he received his degree in Slavic studies in 1933. In order to help finance his chosen career of professional writer, he occasionally worked as an editor for journals such as Dazhboh and Karby. Antonych died from pneumonia on 6 July 1937. In October 2009, the National Bank of Ukraine issued a commemorative coin in his honor as a part of their "Outstanding Personalities of Ukraine" series.
In his poetry he combines the principles of imagism with a life-affirming paganism inspired by Lemko folklore. He declared himself "a pagan in love with life" and "a poet of spring intoxication".
Selected works
- Autobiography (Автобіографія)
- The Green Gospel (Зелена Євангелія). Lviv, 1938
- Book of the Lion (Книга Лева). Lviv, 1936;
- На другому березі (unfinished)
- Welcome to Life [Привітання життя]. Lviv, 1931;
- Song on the Indestructibility of Matter (Пісня про незнищенність матерії)
- Rotations (Ротації). Lviv, 1938.
- Three Rings (Три перстені). Lviv, 1934;
- Ukrainian translations of Rainer Maria Rilke's works
Further reading
- The Essential Poetry of Bohdan Ihor Antonych: Ecstasies and Elegies. Bohdan-Ihor Antonych, Michael M. Naydan. (Bucknell University Press, 2010) ISBN 0-8387-5769-3
- The Grand Harmony. Bohdan-Ihor Antonych, Translated by Michael M. Naydan. (Glagoslav Publications, 2017) ISBN 9781911414353
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